In muc.lists.freebsd.hackers, you wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 11:12:22AM -0400, Will Andrews wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 01:18:39AM +0800, Belldandy wrote:
> > > Is there any effort(or at least, any thought) on making an
> > > IA-64 port of FreeBSD? It seems Intel is trying to push IA-64
> > > to be 'the platform' for servers and workstations, and I think
> > > FreeBSD definitely can't be left out....
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just new information for you: David O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > imported GCC 2.96 into -current's tree early this morning. The build
> > succeeded on my system, so I should have a compiler with rudimentary
> > (i.e. "pre-alpha") support for IA-64 once I reboot.
>
> Do you mean just "you" or "anyone with -current"? I thought our binutils
> (e.g. gas) had no IA-64 support. Has that changed?
I don't know if the gas support is public, but you can certainly get the
Intel assembler for IA-64, which has been open sourced under the BSD
license from developer.intel.com. It may not be of much practical use,
but might help in understanding the architecture (which requires a
significant effort because of its complexity).
-Arun
To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
